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OK Go’s latest elaborate video is out, and it’s bonkers

We’re pretty sure they spent the last two years trying to dream up ways of outdoing themselves.

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It’s been two years since treadmill-loving rockers OK Go last released one of their elaborate, one-take videos. And judging from the complexity of their newest effort, “The Writing’s on the Wall,” they spent most of those two years holed up in a Brooklyn warehouse, dreaming up ways to top past efforts like “Here It Goes Again” and “This Too Shall Pass.”
 

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“The Writing’s on the Wall,” which reportedly took 50 takes to get right, uses a series of forced-perspective optical illusions to make it appear as if the band members are walking through solid objects, riding upside-down bicycles, and getting sliced in half by giant mirrors.

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This is the first video from OK Go’s forthcoming fourth album, Hungry Ghosts, which is due out in October. The band is self-releasing the album and crowdfunding it via PledgeMusic, where fans can purchase anything from a signed vinyl copy for $40 to a private OK Go concert for $10,000.

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